Do Actions Speak Louder Then Words?

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Do actions speak louder than words? When analyzing a document like the Declaration of Independence, historians sometimes heed the old proverb, “Watch what I do, not what I say”. People would like to believe that the government has gone out of their way to call attention to the problems of evidence to be solved before a historical document is presented to us in its proper form. But the reality is they do not take the time to look over a document many times and just skim the paper, so ,this makes you think what they were thinking when they created the declaration of independence. The government wanted to make the document understandable and not too long a document to read. The declaration is most defiantly one of the most celebrated pieces of history to date. It was drafted by Thomas Jefferson and was adopted by the second continental congress later to be published for the great good of the world on July 4th, 1776. So what do you think of when you think of the Declaration? The famous painting even elementary school children can associate it with? What caused the declaration, what were the ideas on creating it? Well, in may of 1776 Thomas Jefferson took a “stroll” to Philadelphia on his fancy coach and arrived with two of his slaves. He planned to work in the second continental congress and eventually lead. Many topics were obviously discussed, but one that seems surprising is the fact that only after a year after the Lexington vs. Concord they decided they should still work on patching up the land and relationships. Which then in turn makes me think of the idea of why we wanted the declaration of independence, and many people in Philadelphia were all for the idea although it still did not have its proper name and it was just a thought in the air. John Dickenson was all for the idea and really wanted unity and
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